12
December 2025
In-Person Event
Antisemitism as a National Security Threat

Event will also air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: [email protected].

Antisemitism as a National Security Threat

In-Person Event
Invite Only
December 12, 2025
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12
December 2025
In-Person Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: [email protected].

Speakers:
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Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

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Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Gorka

Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council

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Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

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John P. Walters

President and CEO

Writer and Editor, Tablet Magazine
Park MacDougald

Writer and Editor, Tablet Magazine

Scott Jennings Political Commentator, CNN
Scott Jennings

Political Commentator, CNN

Chairman Brian Mast, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and U.S. Representative for Florida’s 21st Congressional District
Chairman Brian Mast

Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and U.S. Representative for Florida’s 21st Congressional District

Judd Rosenblatt, CEO, AE Studio
Judd Rosenblatt

CEO, AE Studio

Dr. Derek Harvey, U.S. Army Colonel (Retired)
Derek Harvey

U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.)

Dr. Matt Spalding
Matt Spalding

Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government, Hillsdale College

Hoover fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Cole Bunzel

Hoover Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Moderators:
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Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

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Liel Leibovitz

Senior Fellow

Aaron Maclean Hudson
Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Antisemitism has once again reared its ugly head in the United States, permeating American institutions, political discourse, and online ecosystems. Antisemitic ideas endanger not only the safety of Jewish Americans but also the integrity and stability of the nation itself.

These pernicious ideas’ reappearance is no coincidence. US adversaries are engaged in coordinated campaigns to exploit antisemitism to infiltrate American institutions, sow domestic division, damage vital US alliances, and spread narratives that weaken US leadership.

In a rapidly shifting information environment and political landscape, understanding and confronting the intersection of antisemitism, disinformation, and great power competition demands a coordinated strategy. Hudson’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East will convene policymakers, experts, and private sector leaders to examine how antisemitism, both foreign and domestic, threatens American security and Western civilization.

To request an invitation, please email Natalie Arbatman at [email protected].

8:45 a.m. |  Welcome Remarks

  • John Walters, President and CEO, Hudson Institute
  • Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Hudson Institute


9:00 a.m. | Keynote I

  • Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism, National Security Council


10:00 a.m. | Panel Discussion: America after October 7

  • Park MacDougald, Writer and Editor, Tablet
  • Zineb Riboua, Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Hudson Institute
  • Scott Jennings, Political Commentator, CNN

Moderator

  • Liel Leibovitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute and Editor at Large, Tablet


11:00 a.m. | Keynote II

  • Congressman Brian Mast, Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee and US Representative, Twenty-First District of Florida


12:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Disinformation as a Tool to Undermine the US

  • Michael Sobolik, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
  • Judd Rosenblatt, CEO, AE Studio

Moderator

  • Aaron MacLean, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute


1:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion: The Grand Chessboard

  • Rebeccah Heinrichs, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
  • Derek Harvey, U.S. Army Colonel (Retired)
  • Cole Bunzel, Hoover Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Moderator

  • Michael Doran, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Hudson Institute


2:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion: The US Constitution, the American Founding, and US Foreign Policy

  • Matt Spalding, Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government, Hillsdale College

Moderator

  • Rebeccah Heinrichs, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute


3:00 p.m. | Keynote III

  • Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute


4:15 p.m. | Farewell Reception

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